Margita

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1761. From Margarita (“Margaret”).

Margita f

1. a female given name

• Gita

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Margita was the only given name of 273 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmarɡita/

Margita f (genitive singular Margity, nominative plural Margity, genitive plural Margít, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

• “Margita”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Contraction of Margareta (“Margaret”), in modern times also associated with Italian Margherita.

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Margita c (genitive Margitas)

1. a female given name